Dichters en de Muzen op de Parnassus, Cherubino Alberti (possibly), after Polidoro da Caravaggio, after Cherubino Alberti, 1563 - 1615

Title(s)

Dichters en de Muzen op de Parnassus
Pegasus eliciens Parnassi e culmine fontem vatibus, et musis sacra verenda dedit (title on object)
Friezen naar Polidoro da Caravaggio (kopieën) (series title)

Object type

• print

Object number

RP-P-1935-189

Inscriptions / marks

• collector's mark: Lugt 2228

Description

Dichters en de Muzen op de Parnassus. Op de achtergrond Pegasus. Onder de voorstelling de titel.

Artist

• print maker: Cherubino Alberti (possibly)
• print maker: anonymous
• after design by: Polidoro da Caravaggio (mentioned on object)
• after print by: Cherubino Alberti

Place

Italy

Dating

1563 - 1615

Material

• paper

Technique

engraving

Measurements

height 126 mm × width 223 mm

What

• nymphs (in general); 'Ninfe in commune' (Ripa)
• Parnassus, sacred to Apollo Musagetes
• writer, poet, author

Credit line

• Gift of F. Schmidt-Degener, Amsterdam

Acquisition

gift 1935

Copyright

Public domain

• Le peintre graveur: [vol. 17: peintres ou dessinateurs italiens : maîtres du seizième siècle, 2], Adam von, 1757-1821 Bartsch, dl. 17, p. 86, cat.nr. 110